
Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock
A visit to my hometown to see the legendary Brood X cicadas with my wife and one-year-old daughter changed my conception of time
Ross Kenneth Urken is a Manhattan-based writer who has published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, New York, The Paris Review, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, National Geographic, Travel + Leisure and BBC Travel, among others. He is the author of Another Mother (Ian Randle Publishers, 2019). More info at rosskennethurken.com.

Marching to the Beat of the 17-Year Cicada Clock
A visit to my hometown to see the legendary Brood X cicadas with my wife and one-year-old daughter changed my conception of time

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